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My fave notebook (amazing quality paper) while not crossing over into expensive (for me): https://www.amazon.com/Maruman-Hardcover-Executive-Notebook-... Pair it with my fave pen: https://www.jetpens.com/Zebra-Sarasa-Clip-Gel-Pen-0.7-mm-Blu...
I thought this would be about laptops. The laptops I use for work and personal stuff cost around $100 and are effectively disposable. They are not great for intense use, but the vast majority of tasks go just fine. And when developing any serious slowdown shows up right away so my work ends up being usable on low end hardware with janky connections. When one of these laptops got stolen recently I just got another one…
I don't think Moore's law is solely to the blame. Incentives are lacking, spoken languages and software development methodologies are still too primitive to describe and define temporal behaviors, and, I suspect there are also disincentives to solve it - slower software seems to be preferred for the mass, and so each times significant speedups are achieved, a correctional force could be emerging and applying over it.
Yeah I do too, I didn't feel the need to blog about it though.
Of course, I did think the topic was going to be about laptops, but shrug still was a nice read.
Recently I found my holy grail which is Muji's system of ring-bound, refillable notebooks and paper refills - https://www.muji.eu/uk/product/cover-for-loose-leaf-paper-a5...
They feel disposable enough (partly the fact they are refillable makes me feel I'm not thinning down the notebook when I rip several pages out at once) but the way you can open the rings and transfer pages means that it's a great system for keeping notes together several years down the line - or even in a more permanent-feeling ring-bound binder. It's an absolute revelation for someone who has obsessed about notebooks!
I’ve also recently started to make linoleum stamps to mark the cover of each notebook
Here is the one I’m using now https://imgur.com/a/4axd3lC
*EDIT*
For those that are curious, I make paper similar to the process outlined here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xrWrKIVBgo
For my materials it's pretty much what the video shows. I'd recommend starting slowly. Don't try to buy everything all at once. I built up what I had slowly and worked around what I didn't have. Thankfully a lot of these materials you already probably have around the house!
1. Mold and Deckle. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mold+and+deckle&i=arts-crafts&cri...
2. A big sponge. I use the automotive ones https://www.amazon.com/Carrand-40102-Giant-x4-75-Sponge/dp/B...
3. A blender
4. A paper shredder
5. A plastic Tub
6. Wooden clothes pins https://www.amazon.com/Honey-Can-Do-DRY-01376-Clothespins-10...
7. Cheap yarn from my wife's kit to hang the drying paper
8. Some felt to couch (cooch) the paper onto https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YBNZ6WN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
For the stamps I use...
1. These Linoleum blocks https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V5D4JSC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
2. This Linoleum cutter https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017D8W5E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
3. Some ink https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017D92TO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
To squeeze out the water from the couched paper I used to use two pieces of wood I'd pinch with some https://www.amazon.com/IRWIN-QUICK-GRIP-1964758-One-Handed-C... (This is something I made for an unrelated pressed flower project)
But now that I've gotten more experience I've moved on to an actual press https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KJZ7VFS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
The duck tape book binding came from this hacker news post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32222201
I go a different route with my Todo journal. I make my own paper out of recycled paper I get from junk mail. I cut them to my preferred size and then I do a quick binding with thread from a sewing kit. I then back it with a spine of duck tape (based off another hacker news post). I like making deeply personal objects and doing it this way makes me excited to use them. I’ve also recently started to make linoleum stamp…
I thought this would be about laptops. The laptops I use for work and personal stuff cost around $100 and are effectively disposable. They are not great for intense use, but the vast majority of tasks go just fine. And when developing any serious slowdown shows up right away so my work ends up being usable on low end hardware with janky connections. When one of these laptops got stolen recently I just got another one…
What laptops are you using that are only $100?
For most practical applications, computing performance plateaued around 2011. Just look at how many people can't/won't use Windows 11 just because their ancient relic otherwise still works perfectly fine.
And if you want a source, anecdata is I'm posting this from an i7 2700K (aka Sandy Bridge) machine.